This year’s All Candy Expo kicks off today. It’s basically a giant candy trade show featuring new products and free samples and all kinds of candy swag. I was invited, and holy cow I would love to attend, but I just can’t afford it right now. I’m busy getting ready to graduate from college and start a life on my own, so I don’t have the time, and I just emptied my savings for a post-graduation vacation, so I don’t have the money.

What I will be doing, however, is following along online. Candy Dish Blog, the official blog of the National Confectioners’ Association, which puts on the All Candy Expo, has been updating about it for ages, and they’ll continue to update throughout the Expo. They’re also running a contest for a chance to win some Expo candy, which I’m entering with this post.